Turkish flintlock pistol nicely decorated

Cerjak · 2nd February 2015, 03:28 PM

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ONE MORE OTTOMAN PISTOL

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trenchwarfare · 2nd February 2015, 05:16 PM

I have a question... What's the point of a dummy ram rod? I had one of these once, and thought it a tourista replica, because of having a carved rod. That would make loading, problematic. Unless they carried a complete loading kit.

estcrh · 2nd February 2015, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by trenchwarfare

I have a question... What's the point of a dummy ram rod? I had one of these once, and thought it a tourista replica, because of having a carved rod. That would make loading, problematic. Unless they carried a complete loading kit.

I am not sure why they bothered to make it look like Ottoman pistols actually had a ram rod (suma or haribi), from what I understand the shorter firearms such as pistols and blunderbuss would have a metal ram rod that could be carried so as not to become lost easily, such as when on horseback.

trenchwarfare · 2nd February 2015, 05:35 PM

Makes sense. Guess they hadn't come up with the captive rammer, as in most western cavalry muzzle loaders.

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2nd February 2015, 05:16 PM	#2
trenchwarfare Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 385	I have a question... What's the point of a dummy ram rod? I had one of these once, and thought it a tourista replica, because of having a carved rod. That would make loading, problematic. Unless they carried a complete loading kit.

2nd February 2015, 05:35 PM	#4
trenchwarfare Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 385	Makes sense. Guess they hadn't come up with the captive rammer, as in most western cavalry muzzle loaders.